A link on ESPN.com Feb. 16 read, “Durant fires at media, ‘done with’ being P.C.”
You know what? I don’t care. I love sports, but I do not care that a pampered NBA star is irritated with some reporters. I’m not interested in the...

True story: The first Super Bowl was such a novelty America was watching a commercial during the actual kickoff. The TV producer told sideline reporter Pat Summerall to ask Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi to kick over again.
Summerall didn't. But that's...

To say Tuesday's 78-75 victory over the Lakers had its share of twists and turns would be an understatement.
Some of the fallout:
-- Center Hassan Whiteside has scored in double figures in each of the last five games. During the five-game stretch he has...

A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Monday's 7:30 p.m. game between the Heat and Nets at Barclays Center (TV: Sun Sports. Radio: 790-AM, 104.3-FM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM-Spanish), with Wade, McRoberts, Deng out for...

It was Miami Heat minus their starting backcourt Saturday night against the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center.
Shooting guard Dwyane Wade missed his fifth consecutive game with a strained left hamstring, while point guard Norris Cole saw his streak of...

A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Saturday's 7 p.m. game between the Heat and Magic at the Amway Center (TV: Sun Sports. Radio: 790-AM, 104.3-FM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM-Spanish), with Wade, Cole out for the Heat,...

Observations from Saturday night's 99-92 victory over the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center:
-- With his fifth rebound in the first quarter Chris Bosh reached 7,000 for his career.
-- That Bosh shooting slump? Past tense, with another solid, feathery...

Q: Ira, the Heat and Bulls should work out a deal so Dwyane Wade and Derrick Rose play together, that way when one takes a day off the other can play. -- Harvey.
A: If Wade's situation grows as muddled at Rose's in Chicago, then the Heat are in major...

"We were a little late to that party." -- Pat Riley, in late July, on the Miami Heat's free-agency pursuit of Carmelo Anthony.
Of course they were. There were, after all, other priorities earlier that month, including what proved to be...

By the end, the patience had run thin, razor thin.
The patience with a teammate who wasn't there for 28 games during the regular season.
The patience with a center who at times came up small.
The patience for a coach who ran the same defensive...

Part of the rhythm of the NBA is the continuum is that you get to pick up where you left off, especially the elite.
While the offseasons tend to be brief, there is ample time to reflect, reassess, rededicate.
...

Oh what a night, indeed. Some of the math from LeBron James' 61-point eruption Monday against the Bobcats, courtesy of Heat minutiae maven Rob Wilson, as well as Elias Sports Bureau and ESPN:
-- James, who leads the Heat in dunks this season with 94, did...

Former Miami Heat star Glen Rice, who had his scoring record of 56 points broken by LeBron James' 61 on Monday night, isn't the least bit bothered to see his name removed from the top spot of the franchise's record books.
"The only question I had...

Making no effort to downplay how much this win meant to him, Goran Dragic thanked the Miami Heat for his birthday present. His birthday, by the way, is on May 6. Had it been any other opponent, Dragic said wouldn't have played through the back spasms that...

Running off at the typewriter …
Because Danica Patrick seems to crash anytime Denny Hamlin (or anyone else, for that matter) gets close to her, I think NASCAR needs to begin work immediately on some form of high-tech force-field technology.
Here's how...

How would the Lakers have fared through the 1990s with Charles Barkley as their star player?
According to Barkley, he was almost dealt to the Lakers by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1992.
"I got traded to the Lakers one day and the Sixers retracted the...

NEW YORK Russell Westbrook's latest accomplishment could be used as motivation for the 76ers, especially Tony Wroten. A year ago, Westbrook was unable to play in the NBA All-Star Game after undergoing a third surgery on his right knee. But on...

NEW YORK Kyle Lowry had the resume to be here last season. But bigger names were picked over him as reserves: John Wall, Joe Johnson and even teammate DeMar DeRozan. So while more popular players were selected, the Toronto Raptors point guard kept...

NEW YORK LeBron James pulled within one basket of history, but he and the East both fell short in the Western Conference's 163-158 victory in Sunday's All-Star game, the highest scoring in history. The Cleveland Cavaliers' James scored 30 points...